Manager SEA, Field Operations
About this position
Responsibilities
Programmatic Work
• Execute Social & Environmental Affairs (SEA) policies, projects and programs in the designated country as per country work plan.
• Identify areas of risk to adidas in the supply chain regarding working conditions. Provide recommendations to mitigate those risks based on legal obligations and adidas’ Workplace Standards.
• Conducting social compliance audit, follow up visit and tracking the remediation plans for suppliers, to ensure compliance with SEA Workplace Standards.
• Supervise compliance audit conducted by authorized external monitors to ensure consistency and quality of the audit.
• Advise remediation options to suppliers, negotiate timeframes, share experiences and best practices, and help management locate the necessary expertise, materials, etc.
• Manage and seek resolution of third-party complaints and/or factory worker’ grievance from designated countries.
• Complete the supplier’s compliance performance evaluation (e.g. S-KPI, Compliance Score Cards) in the designated country/s.
• Contributing to the monthly reporting, social compliance data collection and improving the integrity, accuracy, completion, and the timeliness of social compliance data.
• Execute activities under the strategic SEA program/initiatives (e.g. Worker Empowerment, Fair Compensation, Gender Strategy) in the designated country/s.
Internal And External Stakeholder Engagement
• Engage with adidas Sourcing team and factory management in the designated country/s to integrate social compliance requirements into business practices.
• Provide regular SEA training and/or briefing to adidas Sourcing staffs and factory’s management within designated country or countries. Collaborate with SEA Program Operations team related to capacity building for the indirect supply chain factories.
• Keep up to date on all Labour and Health & Safety legislation in the designated countries and share updates to SEA leaderships and Sourcing Team.
Requirements
Knowledge, Skills And Abilities
• Experience in conducting in-depth social compliance/human right due diligence assessment, and occupational health & safety assessments. Good understanding of regulatory and policy positions of government.